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The Gift
She leaned back on the wooden park bench, the seat slightly damp from the morning rain. Above her, the blue sky swamped her vision. Staring into the emptiness, a great bird crossed into her line of sight, a bald eagle soaring on the afternoon breeze. She watched it pass and noticed something gently falling from the bird's path. The drifting speck ( Read more... ) -
many happy returns
Oh, Livejournal, I believe I may give you another try. My fingers ache for a place to express themselves...as my fingers are individuals with emotion and intelligence. -
pin pricks and light floating down
In the spackled gaps of time, I force push pins through the darkness. The light subdued, after all these years, screams like a soul in flight from all that is cruel and dares to slip through the damage I make. None of it makes sense, after all ( Read more... ) -
Jenny On My Mind
She's been on my mind a lot lately. Specifically, last night I spoke to her while battling the indifference of insomnia. She's been gone for over three years. Maybe it's this time of year. Maybe it's the way I looked up to her despite her hard edges, drug use and alcoholic tendencies. I loved Jenny more than I ever let on. She's been on my mind a ( Read more... ) -
New Orleans
Crazy? Maybe. But the only sane thing about this world are the moments of insanity that take us to places we never dreamed we'd see.
Let the countdown begin for the move of the decade. The first one took us to Ithaca. Let's see. Ithaca? How to describe it in words that could fulfill the needy quality of the inhabitants of this false-prophetic land ( Read more... ) -
When the Dead Stand Before Us
The young man walked into the small park office where I and two other park workers, Ron and Shelly sat talking endlessly about not much at all. The young man requested to be registered for his campsite. I looked away from Ron and Shelly and asked for the young man's last name before really looking at him. He gave his name to me. He said, " ( Read more... ) -
Frost
A thin crust of ice lacquered the pond with fractured patterns this morning. Our youngest dog stumbled on to confusion as he pressed his nose down on the ice, searching for water and instead found the invisibility of a magical barrier. Silence ensues when the world is frozen and the grass whispers carols like a Christmas card covered in glitter. ( Read more... ) -
Willy or Polyphemos
Today, out on a country road, a mysterious one-eyed cat walked up to Krystal . He spent some time weaving in and out of her legs and subsequently rubbing, purring, and winking with his one eye...so maybe just closing his eyes...I mean eye. He then hopped into her truck, climbed in (or is it on?) her lap and head butted her all the way to our house ( Read more... ) -
Riley
My nine year old dog, Riley was extremely ill the last three days. He was throwing up constantly; he couldn't even keep water down. And, to top that off, he had, well a river ran through him and out of both ends. To make matters worse, he had blood in his poop (no other way to say that) and basically hadn't moved off the floor or eaten in three ( Read more... ) -
Dragons
A dream ( Read more... )